In Fanni Maliniemi’s exhibition Rough-Around-the-Edges Parametaphysics, a way of navigating the mysteries of everyday life is explored without losing sight of the lighthouse.
Definition
Rough-Around-the-Edges Parametaphysics is a theoretical field of inquiry that examines the fundamental structures of reality at a parameta level, employing a quantitative and deliberately coarse-grained approach. It brings together three core principles:
Parameta Level:
Examines phenomena of existence that operate on a “parallel level” to metaphysics. These phenomena are not fully observable through ordinary senses, yet they exert an influence on observable reality.
Coarse Approach:
Chance lies at the core of the system and follows precise patterns. Coarseness constitutes its own fully predictable mode of perceiving reality, yet everything always occurs 2.3 km north of the observation point of the object under study. Coarseness is a parameter within parametaphysics that regulates the precision of observed phenomena and reveals subtle distortions of reality in everyday objects, light, and space.
Experiential Level:
Rough-Around-the-Edges Parametaphysics is not confined to abstract speculation, but examines observable phenomena and sensory perceptions such as the movement of light, sound, spatial structures, and everyday objects, and their impact on experience at a metaphysical level. This gives rise to a synthesis of theoretical inquiry and practical observation, where the everyday and the ethereal intertwine.
The benefits of the theory are manifold. It enables the exploration of how the visible and the invisible, the physical and the metaphysical, converge. It offers a means of disengaging the structures of reality from their context without the need for complete logical consistency, free from the constraints of causality.
